Dale Partridge - July 28, 2022


Is Calvinism Biblical？


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00:00:00.000 John MacArthur recently said, I became a Calvinist because the Bible gave me no other option.
00:00:07.420 Charles Spurgeon said, Calvinism is the gospel and nothing else. So why do so many people reject
00:00:12.260 Calvinism? Because it requires us to realize that we have no involvement in the cause of our
00:00:16.620 salvation. It's the biblical truth that we don't choose Christ, but Christ chooses us. Calvinism
00:00:22.020 proves that salvation is not about persuasion. You can't convince people to come to Christ.
00:00:26.680 No, the Savior does all the saving.
00:00:29.140 Now, the five points of Calvinism were not invented by John Calvin.
00:00:32.220 It was simply Calvin who communicated these biblical doctrines more clearly than anyone else before him.
00:00:37.360 They teach that all people are born enslaved to sin, hating God.
00:00:40.920 They teach the biblical truth that all people deserve hell and nobody wants to be saved.
00:00:45.420 They teach that God is not obligated to save any of us.
00:00:48.280 But they also teach that God, in his mercy, before the foundation of the world, elected to save some.
00:00:53.980 Namely, that God will save his people and will leave the rest to justice.
00:00:57.960 But there is no injustice here, just justice and mercy.
00:01:01.460 In the same way that God elected the Israelites and not the Philistines,
00:01:04.440 he elects the people of his church and leaves the rest to his wrath. 0.64
00:01:08.340 There is no wrong here.
00:01:09.820 God is God and can exercise justice upon whomever he wills and can save whomever he wills.
00:01:15.120 So is Calvinism biblical?
00:01:16.460 Yes.
00:01:16.800 It's the biblical idea that without God loving me, electing me, predestining me, calling me,
00:01:21.740 justifying me and preserving me, I would perish. This is why Paul can say,
00:01:26.300 for from him and through him and to him are all things.